Permablitzing Our Way to Community
We helped create many sustainable landscapes, many of which continue to thrive to this day.
Stories
Cultivating Food Security with Mini-Gardens
By Rachel Klucewicz Cooperation Humboldt, a Transition Initiative in Humboldt County, California, is empowering their community to grow their own food through a free mini-garden installation project. They began the …
How to Run a Solarize Program
Transition Town Media volunteers helped to install solar PV panels on 43 homes, generating more than 300kW of new solar power. The project also created many local jobs in the renewable energy field.
Building Community Resilience One Window at a Time
By Ruah Swennerfelt & Louis Cox, Transition Town Charlotte In 2019 the Vermont Charlotte Energy Committee and Transition Town Charlotte (population 4,500) participated in an exciting initiative to make and …
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Embodying and Releasing Climate Grief
By Leslie MacKenzie, with Anne Murphy, Ellen Huffschmidt, Catherine Jordan and Shante’ Zenith “Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is …
The Rosewood Public Orchard
A community’s resilience is also a function of strong relationships. The orchard has created bonds where there were none before.
Bringing Community to the Table in Climate Adaptation
[T]he way that local governments engage community members too often does not allow average people to make their best contribution. More of us need more information, delivered repeatedly over time, and in a way that focuses on practical solutions.
A Farmer and His Extra Row
Plenty of farmers might like to plant an extra row for their community, but may need a helping hand to pull it off.
The Hardest Work Can Be a Blessing: Grief Work in Transition
The work of changing our culture’s understanding of dying and death is part of the work of Transition.
Transitioning Our Money to Invest Local
People often ask, “So what do Transition Town groups do?” One answer to that question would be: “We take good ideas, bring them home, and make them real.”
